Pregnant woman pleaded for her life before being shot to death, witnesses say

NEW ORLEANS -- There is another sad roadside memorial set up in New Orleans. This one, at Sullen Place and General Meyer Avenue in Algiers, marking the spot where a young pregnant woman lost her life.

According to police, Wednesday around 8:45 p.m., the victim was struck by gunshots and run over by a vehicle.

Friends of the victim identified her as Raven Veal, 22, from Algiers. They said Veal and her unborn baby's father were arguing in the car.

A family member said he tossed Veal's 3-year-old girl out of the vehicle and when Veal went to check on the child, the suspect hit Veal with the vehicle, rolled over her a second time, then shot her 4 to 5 times.

NOPD confirms woman murdered at Gen. Meyer and Sullen was pregnant. NOPD says she was stuck by bullets and run over. pic.twitter.com/UOXIYpMk2M

"There was loud pleas of help from her that started maybe over there and kept getting stronger, stronger," Robert said.

Judging from the blood splatter on the street, it appears the fatal confrontation started closer to Patterson, which is the levee road and ended up about a half a block away, near Sullen and General Meyer.

Another sad roadside memorial for a woman killed in Algiers. The murder happened last night at Gen. Meyer & Sullen. pic.twitter.com/OcoAIVIrBe